Trista Lynn Shipp's Obituary
MEMPHIS MEMORIAL SERVICES – will be at 11:00 AM Friday, September 14, 2012 in the First Baptist Church in Hedley with Rev. Bruce Howard, Pastor, officiating. Cremation & Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Memphis. Trista was born January 16, 1949 in Dumas, Texas to Bennie and Joyce Flyr Ford. She had been a nurse at the Memphis Convalescent and a rancher for the majority of her life. Since 1981, she was a resident of Hedley until she married Buddy Shipp, on September 1, 1999 at Memphis, where she made her home in Memphis. Trista started the 4-H program in Clarendon, taught numerous kids to ride horses, and loved the outdoors. She was always happy and passionate about whatever she did. Trista lived life to the fullest and always saw the best in everyone she knew. She enjoyed decorating and doing home improvement projects. One of her traditions was to gather her friends and family and ride through Palo Duro Canyon on nights where there was a full moon. She was Baptist. SURVIVORS - her parents, Bennie and Joyce Ford of Wheeler; her husband, Buddy Shipp of Memphis; 2 sons, Shawn Bright and wife Dawn of Dalhart, Dallas Moore and wife Elizabeth of Lelia Lake; a step son, Joe Don Shipp of Memphis; 2 daughters, Tylena Horton and husband John of Hendersonville, TN, Holly McCleskey and husband Willie of Hedley; a step daughter, Becky Shipp and husband Jeffery of Albany; a brother, Glen Ford of Dumas; sister, Kay Jameson of Shamrock; 16 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. MEMORIALS - The family suggest memorials be made to the Donley County 4-H, PO Box 682, Clarendon, TX 79226.
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